Ferenc Bán
Ferenc Bán (born 17 September 1940) is a Hungarian architect. Bán is one of the foremost in the progressive design movement and an emblematic figure of eastern Hungarian building. His Tokaj home is an icon of building in the countryside.
Also recorded as Ferenc Ban
Ferenc Bán
- Born
- 1940 · Tokaj.
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Occupation
- architect · university teacher
- Fields
- architecture
- Education
- Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Honours
- Kossuth Prize · Ybl Miklós Prize
- Languages
- Hungarian
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Ferenc Bán appears in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Getty Union List of Artist Names as an architect (born 1940).
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Ferenc Bán was born in 1940.
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Qualifications
Qualifications
• 1959–64 Budapest Technical University Faculty of Architecture • 1973–75 Master class
Career highlights
Career highlights
• 1966–90: Nyírterv • 1990- "A" Studio Kft. (Nyíregyháza) • Hungarian Builder's chapter area president • Pécs University of Sciences esteemed teacher • Master teacher at Master class
Works
Works
• MITÁSZ headquarters, Nyíregyháza (1974–78) • Cultural House, Nyíregyháza (1979–81) • City Hall, Mátészalka (1980–85) • Union headquarters, Nyíregyháza (1986–88) • Mátészalka Theatre (1983–85) • Záhony baths(1987) • National Theatre architectural competition first prize(1998) • His holiday home in Tokaj (2000) Its geomorphic forms have been noted in various overseas publications. • Campus Hotel, Debrecen (2005) • Cultural centre, Nyírbátor (2006)
Life and career
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Life and career
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1940
Ferenc Bán was born on 17 September 1940.
Primary material
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q376374: Ferenc Bán
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- “Ferenc Bán”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Prizes
• Pro Urbe prize (1984) • Ybl Miklós prize (1986) • Kossuth Prize (1994) • Pro Architectura prize (1997) • Hungarian Republic Medal (2003) • Molnár Farkas prize (2004) • Prima Primissima prize(2004)
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- 1.mmakademia.hu. Bán Ferenc.
- 2.epiteszforum.hu. Gábor Eszter és Bán Ferenc MOLNÁR FARKAS díjas (Eszter Gábor and Ferenc Bán won Molnár Farkas prize).
- 3.epiteszforum.hu. Bán Ferenc lett a Prima Primissima díj idei kitüntetettje építészet kategóriában (Ferenc Bán won the Prima Primissima prize in the category of architecture).
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